Cheryl J. Cherpitel

Alcohol Research Group

Cheryl J. Cherpitel, DrPH
ccherpitel@arg.org 925 528-9055
RESEARCH FOCUS
The epidemiology of alcohol, drug use and injuries in emergency room (ER) populations globally, and in the general population;; validity of self-reported alcohol consumption; health services utilization; risk taking and risk curve analysis of alcohol and injuries; drinking patterns and problems among primary care patients and Mexican origin individuals at the U.S. Mexico border; and screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems.

Areas of Expertise

Treatment & Recovery

Intervention Trials

FEATURED PROJECTS

Methodologies for Improving Measurement of Alcohol Use and Problems (A Center Research Component)

Component Director

Cross-national Analysis of Alcohol and Injury

Principal Investigator

Epidemiology of Drinking and Disorders in Border vs. Non-Border Contexts

Principal Investigator

A Multi-Lingual Alcohol Measure Catalog/ Administration Tool - Phase II

Co-investigator

Screening and Brief Intervention in the Emergency Department among Mexican-origin Young Adults

Principal Investigator

Brief Intervention in the Emergency Room in Poland

Principal Investigator

Alcohol and Injury in Emergency Rooms in Poland

Principal Investigator

Risk of Motor Vehicle Collisions from Cannabis Use in Emergency Department Patients

Principal Investigator (Subaward)

Health Disparities in Alcohol Use and Other Risk Behaviors after the Onset of Cancers and Cardiovascular Disease-Related Conditions

Senior Scientist

Mechanisms and Treatment Development for Pancreatitis Resulting from Alcohol Abuse and Smoking

Principal Investigator of sub-contract

PUBLICATIONS

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The relationship between drinking patterns and chronic health conditions: New evidence from two U.S. national alcohol surveys

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2023

Association of short-term changes in drinking after onset of a serious health condition and long-term heavy drinking

American Journal of Epidemiology, 2022

Road traffic injuries and substance use among emergency department patients in the Dominican Republic and Peru

Pan American Journal of Public Health (Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública), 2021

Neighborhood context and drug use among Mexican Americans on and off the U.S.-Mexico border

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2020

Dose-response relationship of alcohol and injury cause: effects of country-level drinking pattern and alcohol policy

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2019

A multi-level analysis of emergency department data on drinking patterns, alcohol policy and cause of injury in 28 countries

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2018

Multi-level analysis of alcohol-related injury, societal drinking pattern and alcohol control policy: Emergency room data from 28 countries

Addiction, 2018

Risk of violence-related injury from alcohol consumption and burden to society in the Latin American and Caribbean region

Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2018

Risk of alcohol-related injury: does societal drinking context make a difference?

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2018

Recall bias across seven days in self-reported alcohol consumption prior to injury among emergency department patients

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2018

Single episode of alcohol use resulting in injury: a cross-sectional study in 21 countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2018

Age at immigration and substance use and problems among males and females at the U.S.–Mexico border

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2017

Alcohol and road traffic injuries in Latin America and the Caribbean: a case-crossover study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2017

Risk of injury from alcohol, marijuana and other drug use among emergency department patients

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2017

Brief intervention in the emergency department among Mexican-origin young adults at the U.S.-Mexico border: outcomes of a randomized controlled clinical trial using Promotores

Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2016

Relative risk of injury from acute alcohol consumption: modeling the dose-response relationship in emergency department data from 18 countries

Addiction, 2015

Performance of the RAPS4/RAPS4-QF for DSM-5 compared to DSM-IV alcohol use disorders in the general population: data from the 2000-2010 National Alcohol Surveys

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2015

Border effects on DSM-5 alcohol use disorders on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2015